How to change Time Zone in Alpha Vantage API

Question

Can I change the time zone in the result from Alpha Vantage API? Here is an example of the output. It's currently in EST. I'd like to get it in IST.

'Meta Data': {
    '1. Information': 'Intraday (1min) open, high, low, close prices and volume',
    '2. Symbol': 'BSE:------',
    '3. Last Refreshed': '2019-11-01',
    '4. Output Size': 'Compact',
    '5. Time Zone': 'US/Eastern
}

'Time Series (1min)': {
    '2019-11-01 00:08:59': {
      '1. open': '70.7500',
      '2. high': '70.7500',
      '3. low': '70.7500',
      '4. close': '70.7500',
      '5. volume': '0'
    },

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '19 at 15:42

Welcome to StackOverflow!

Right now the time zone that is returned is the only time zone you will receive from the API. However, if you're pulling the data in with a python script. You can always convert it to your time zone of choice.

from alpha_vantage.timeseries import TimeSeries
from datetime import datetime
import pytz

ts = TimeSeries()

data, meta_data = ts.get_daily('TSLA')
format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'

datetime = datetime.strptime(meta_data['3. Last Refreshed'], format)
old_timezone = pytz.timezone(meta_data['5. Time Zone'])
new_timezone = pytz.timezone("Asia/Calcutta")

# returns datetime in the new timezone
my_timestamp_in_new_timezone = old_timezone.localize(datetime).astimezone(new_timezone) 
print(my_timestamp_in_new_timezone.strftime(format))

You could run a method that just converts all the times to whatever timezone you want when you pull the data

you import in python package i need to change timeseries in node js — Logeswaran sugumaran, Nov 02 '19 at 07:21
Check out this thread that answers the question but for javascript: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10087819/convert-date-to-another-timezone-in-javascript — Patrick Collins, Nov 04 '19 at 22:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 23 '20 at 15:32

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ts.get_daily('TSLA') should be changed to ts.get_intraday('TSLA').

edited Mar 23 '20 at 15:32

dspencer

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answered Mar 23 '20 at 12:56

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How to change Time Zone in Alpha Vantage API

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